21st Century Necromancer

After enjoying desserts that had received the approval of the gods, Yu Chen and his wife left the Metropolitan Police Department, but instead of going straight home, they headed to their boss's small store.

Originally, Yu Chen did not want to interfere so directly, but after the Prime Minister personally approached him and entrusted him with full authority to handle the matter, Chen Yu felt obligated to give the nation's leader some face by taking some practical action.

In the afternoon, the boss had been preparing for the store's opening, and there happened to be no one in the store.

When Yu Chen and his wife arrived at the small store, the boss was making pork soup to sell in the evening, and Minami was helping out nearby.

"We haven't opened yet..." Minami heard someone pushing the door open and was about to explain when she saw that it was Yu Chen and his wife coming in, she hurriedly greeted them, "Doctor Chen Yu! Doctor Hiromi Jounouchi, what brings you here? Have you returned from your honeymoon abroad?"

Yu Chen gave a slight smile and nodded to Minami, "Due to a bit of an unexpected situation, we came back a few days earlier. Is the boss here?"

"Dad is here, do you need him for something?" Minami nodded and then turned to look toward the kitchen.

"There are some things that we would like to discuss privately with the boss." Yu Chen and Jounouchi Hiromi took a seat at the counter.

Hearing Yu Chen's voice, the boss also put down what he was doing, came out of the kitchen, and seeing Yu Chen and his wife sitting at the counter, his heart skipped a beat, but he still managed a slight smile and greeted them, "Doctor Chen Yu, Doctor Jounouchi, what brings you here today?"

"There are some things we'd like to talk to you about in detail, so we came over," Yu Chen said, noting the boss's nervousness and emphasizing, "Some very important matters."

"I understand." Hearing that Yu Chen stressed the importance of the matter, the boss's expression became a bit stiff, but he still turned to Minami and said, "Minami, could you go upstairs and bring in the laundry? I'm worried it might rain tonight."

Minami, sensing the tense atmosphere but hearing her father's instructions, obediently nodded and went upstairs.

With Minami gone, the boss then turned to Yu Chen with a grave expression, asking, "Doctor Chen Yu, what is so important that you came in person?"

"It seems they have already been here." Yu Chen did not answer the boss's question, instead directing his gaze toward the ceiling of the store, "To receive a reward from their hands, boss, your cooking skills are indeed praiseworthy."

When the boss heard what Yu Chen said, he quickly understood Chen Yu was referring to the peculiar guests who had visited the store the other day and asked, "Doctor Chen Yu, do you know those two individuals? Who exactly are they?"

"Boss, you attended my wedding; you should remember that little girl, right?" Yu Chen smiled at the boss and explained, "When she claimed to be the Matchmaking God, she wasn't lying, because she is indeed the guardian deity of relationships. As for the other guest, boss, have you ever visited the Inari Shrine?"

"Inari Shrine? Doctor Chen Yu, are you saying she is..." The boss was stunned. He had guessed that the two guests were extraordinary, but he never imagined they would actually be deities.

"Correct, that is Miketsu no Kami, the Inari God, who came to Tokyo from Kyoto specifically for Minami's affair. Of course, it's not about the matter of Minami staying in the Human World for my sake, which is a minor issue and not enough to concern Inari, but rather because... Minami met someone at my wedding," Yu Chen explained the reason for Miketsu no Kami's personal visit to Tokyo, pausing momentarily when mentioning the specific matter.

"Minami met someone?" The boss did not understand why his daughter meeting someone could attract the attention of deities, but he quickly responded and asked Yu Chen, "A man?"

"Yes, one of my college friends. They just happened to sit together during the wedding reception, and he even caught Hiromi's bouquet and gave it to Minami," Yu Chen said, his face showing a touch of helplessness, "Initially, it was not a big deal, but according to the Matchmaking God's words, Minami and Naoki—that's my college friend—have now been tied by a Red String of Fate."

At this point, Yu Chen looked at the boss and asked seriously, "Boss, you should remember what I said to you when I asked you to let Minami stay, right?"

"The living and the dead are different, Minami cannot have intimate relationships or emotions with the living, and she cannot let anyone know of her true identity." The boss certainly remembered what Chen Yu had told him, but he had not anticipated that without anything actually having transpired yet, it would already bring about the involvement of a deity from mythology.

This clearly shocked the boss greatly and also left him quite disheartened. Could it be that the reunion with his daughter, after so many years, was destined to be so brief?

Yu Chen nodded slightly, pleased that the boss remembered his warning and also reassured him, "Of course, the situation has not yet reached the point where we must take drastic measures. Although the potential consequences are indeed severe, we will not do anything to Minami for an event that hasn't occurred yet. On that count, you can rest assured, boss."

"Then why have you come today?" While the boss felt slightly relieved by Yu Chen's words, he remained worried about his daughter, and if it were possible, he wanted to live a longer life with Minami.

"We are here to remind you, boss, to be mindful of this and also to hope that Minami herself does not make a mistake." Jounouchi Hiromi spoke up, explaining to the boss, "The consequences of love between the living and the dead are very severe. The boundaries between life and death are not to be crossed, and the appearance of the deities reflects this. We don't want the situation to escalate to a point of no return, and currently, the issue is still within manageable limits. Hence, our visit is aimed at ensuring you have a good talk with Minami and urge her not to do anything that would lead to an irremediable outcome."

After Jounouchi Hiromi finished speaking, Yu Chen nodded in agreement and affirmed, "I will also speak with Naoki; this issue is neither too big nor too small at the moment and can still be properly resolved. If something truly develops between those two, it would be beyond rectification, so I hope you can understand our concern, boss."

"I do understand," the boss replied, his expression laden with complexity. Naturally, he wished his daughter could have a complete and blissful life, but since she was already dead, there was no breaking the boundary between the living and the dead, and he was powerless to do so.