74. All Familiar Faces, The Deeply Affectionate Big Brother

"Our hospital's reputation was originally only known within the underground world."

"But now it seems like more people have found out about it."

Tachibana explained with a troubled tone.

This didn't align with the hospital's low-profile style of operation.

Upon hearing this, Akira Sawamura immediately reacted and asked:

"Did some big shot reach out to the Ryuuju Group and the Nishikino family?"

"Yes, we've already refused this client once before."

"This client wasn't upset when I turned them down. They just left politely."

"We thought the matter was over."

"But today, this client showed up again, this time with the head of the Ryuuju Group and Mrs. Nishikino."

"Their attitude was even more polite than last time."

"Not only did they bring a bunch of gifts, but they also handed me a blank check and told me to fill in any amount."

"Even if you hadn't called, I was planning to brush them off today and report this to you."

This was no longer something a nurse like her could handle.

Moreover, their attitude when seeking medical help was becoming more and more polite.

As a nurse dedicated to saving lives, she found it hard to refuse them.

"I'll be there soon."

"I was planning to bring my mother and some others for a check-up anyway."

"Prepare everything in advance and pull Amamiya-san out of the lab."

"Give all the other doctors and nurses in the hospital a day off."

"Don't let any outsiders stay."

Tachibana quickly added:

"Young Master, the people seeking medical help today aren't just the ones I mentioned earlier."

"There are two other families. Once they saw there was hope, they knelt on the ground and refused to get up."

Akira rubbed his forehead, showing a slightly troubled expression, and said with a headache:

"Try to get them to stand up first. I'll be there soon."

"Understood, Young Master."

After hanging up, Tachibana left her office, which also served as her break room.

She walked into the hospital lobby and saw her sisters watching the spectacle of the kneeling families. She immediately scolded them with a cold expression:

"Numajiri, Kurokawa, Yamaguchi, you three idiots!"

"How many times have I told you?"

"No smoking in public areas."

"If you want to smoke, go back to your own break rooms."

"Tachibana, don't get so worked up!"

Yamaguchi, a delinquent-looking woman with dyed blonde hair, blew out a smoke ring and said leisurely.

Numajiri, whose orange bangs covered one eye, calmly replied:

"It's not like this is a proper hospital anyway."

"Proper patients wouldn't come here for treatment."

Kurokawa, who had the same purple hair as Tachibana, added slowly.

"The Young Master said he's bringing his mother over for a check-up soon."

"If you want to leave a bad impression on his mother, go ahead and keep smoking."

Clatter!

The three women's thin cigarettes instantly slipped from their fingers and fell onto the counter.

"Tachibana, what are you talking about?"

"The Young Master just returned from the Dragon Country two days ago."

"He called earlier."

"Said he's on his way."

Upon hearing this, Numajiri, Kurokawa, and Yamaguchi immediately panicked.

Some started rinsing their mouths with water, others scrambled to find mouthwash…

"Wah! Tachibana, you're the best!"

"If it were anyone else, they'd just watch us get into trouble."

"Tendo, Kiritani, go notify all the other doctors and nurses to take the day off."

"The Young Master doesn't want any outsiders around."

Tendo and Kiritani replied gently:

"Understood."

"Everyone, please stand up."

"Our Young Master will be here soon."

"He said you can stay."

"He'll talk to you personally."

"Our Young Master has high moral standards."

"As long as you explain your situation clearly, he'll help if he can."

"This is your chance."

"But one of the things he hates the most is emotional manipulation."

"Kneeling and begging will only make him dislike you."

"So if you want to leave a good impression, you'd better stand up now."

Seeing that Tachibana was the only nurse treating them politely, while the others either ignored them or watched the spectacle, the two young couples quickly pulled their daughters up from the ground.

Tears streamed down their faces as they cried emotionally:

"Thank you so much, Miss Tachibana!"

"Tch. Tachibana's at it again with her kindness."

"No wonder the Young Master always likes you the most."

Kurokawa, who had just thanked Tachibana, couldn't help but say jealously.

"Kurokawa, if you don't know how to speak, just shut up!"

After Tachibana agreed to let the two couples stay, a middle-aged man with graying hair and two scars on his face kindly invited them:

"If you don't mind, you can sit with us."

"The three of us can discuss our daughters' conditions."

"After all, I'm in the same position as you now—just a father trying to save his daughter."

"I just happened to have the right connections."

"Mrs. Nishikino and Mr. Ryuuju were willing to help me."

"Thank you, Mr. Tachibana."

About half an hour later, a fleet of bulletproof cars and vans parked in the hospital's underground garage.

A group of beautiful girls wheeled out two noblewomen in wheelchairs from the elevator.

Tachibana and the other nurses were stunned by the sight of so many stunning girls coming out one after another.

The three families seeking medical help were equally shocked.

Wait, who is the Young Master's real mother?

Why are there two women in wheelchairs?

"You must be the capable and reliable Miss Tachibana that Akira always talks about, right?"

"I'm his birth mother, Suou Yumi."

"Akira also has a stepmother, but she couldn't make it today."

"I'm the one getting checked today. Thank you for your help."

"Mrs. Yumi, you're too kind."

Tachibana quickly stepped forward, and the other nurses eagerly surrounded her, determined to leave a perfect first impression on the Young Master's mother.

Seeing these usually rude nurses putting on such a show, the guests sitting on the nearby couches fell silent.

They had just witnessed the nurses' true nature earlier.

Their tempers were terrible.

Their attitude toward patients was incredibly harsh.

They were all fearless and didn't care about any complaints.

The childhood friends, who had been pushed aside, counted the number of these stunning, curvaceous, and charming nurses.

There were exactly nine of them.

They were so angry they could barely breathe, and they couldn't help but whisper among themselves:

"Akira Sawamura, that bastard!"

"He said he wasn't hiding a harem."

"What hospital has nurses this beautiful?"

"Exactly! These nurse sisters are all so pretty."

"And their figures are amazing too."

"Not to mention, they all have different styles."

"Are they planning to debut as a girl group with nursing as their gimmick?"

"Ladies, we just want to be the Young Master's nurses for life."

"We're not planning to debut as a girl group."

The nine nurses replied seriously.

This was their own hospital.

They lived comfortably here.

And they had such a gentle, handsome, and kind Young Master.

Even if someone tried to kick them out now, they wouldn't leave.

Besides, they had watched Akira grow up.

The joy of raising him made it impossible for them to leave.

They were already a close-knit family.

"As for why we're so beautiful…"

"We can only attribute it to fate."

"It was fate that brought us together."

What fate? It was just that Akira Sawamura was too much of a playboy.

Suddenly, an extremely excited voice interrupted the girls' internal complaints.

"Asuka-nee, is that you?"

A young woman who looked ageless suddenly stood up and walked quickly toward Kyujo Asuka, asking excitedly.

"You're… Chiyo Tachibana? Little Tachibana?"

Kyujo Asuka looked at the familiar woman in front of her, suddenly slapped her forehead, and asked in surprise.

"It's me!"

"It's been so many years, and you still remember me, Asuka-nee."

"This is wonderful."

"Chiyo, this is the former head of the Tachibana family, Chiyo Tachibana."

"She has the same name as you."

"Her ancestors moved to Kyushu a few generations ago."

"In terms of relations, her ancestors are related to both the Fujiwara and Kyujo families."

"These are the three daughters of the Fujiwara family in this generation."

"They are Fujiwara Toyomi, Chiyo, and Moeka."

"These are my daughters, Kyujo Maria and Kyujo Erisa."

"I married into a family in Russia."

"Mariya, come say hello to your sisters."

Chiyo Tachibana pulled her daughter, who looked exactly like her, over to greet everyone.

"Deputy Director Tachibana, your subordinate greets you."

Yakushiji Ryouko, seeing this scene, turned to the Deputy Director of the Metropolitan Police Department, Tachibana Iwao.

He was Chiyo Tachibana's husband. She saluted him playfully.

"No, no, I don't deserve such respect."

"In a private setting like this, I can't accept a salute from the Yakushiji family's young lady."

Tachibana Iwao, a burly middle-aged man, quickly stood up and returned the salute, smiling bitterly.

He wanted nothing to do with the Metropolitan Police Department's biggest troublemaker.

But today, for the sake of his only daughter, it seemed he had no choice.

"Asuka-nee, if I had known this hospital belonged to the Kyujo family, I would've contacted you directly."

"The head of the Ryuuju Group is too tight-lipped."

"No matter how much we pressed him, he wouldn't say anything."

Chiyo Tachibana glanced at Ryuuju Yuya, who was sitting nearby with a bitter smile, and said with annoyance.

"To be honest, we just found out ourselves."

"This hospital belongs to my nephew. You've probably heard of him."

Chiyo Tachibana's face immediately lit up like a lovestruck girl as she asked eagerly:

"Is it the Tài'ā Sword Master, Akira Sawamura, who cut through diamonds with his sword?"

"Yes."

Ryuuju Yumi followed up, her face full of regret:

"He's truly a prodigy who became famous at a young age."

"It's a shame I didn't get to see him cut through diamonds."

Ryuuju Yuya and Tachibana Iwao exchanged a glance, their faces filled with bitter smiles.

These past few days, they had heard the name "Akira Sawamura" more times than they could count.

Their ears were practically bleeding.

How could such a monstrous genius exist in this world?

"This hospital was something he secretly built when he was a child."

"He kept it hidden from all of us."

Ryuuju Yuya took the opportunity to explain:

"Mrs. Tachibana, to be honest, I only just found out who the owner of this hospital is."

"It was Miss Tachibana who contacted me with the Kyujo family crest."

"I thought it wouldn't hurt to owe the Kyujo family a small favor."

"So I sent some people to guard the hospital and maintain order."

"In the end, it's our Ryuuju Group that benefited."

"The doctors here are incredibly skilled."

"Even better than those at private hospitals or university-affiliated hospitals."

"My men have already become loyal fans of this hospital."

Nishikino Mizuki followed up with a helpless expression:

"I didn't even know there was such a high-level hospital among my chain of clinics."

Meanwhile, Touma Kazusa ran into and recognized her childhood friend, Miyazono Kaori, whom she hadn't seen in years.

Her usually expressionless face showed a hint of shock.

"Kaori, is that you?"

"What happened to you? You look so pale."

"Kazusa!"

"What are you doing here?"

"The owner of this hospital is my childhood friend."

"Why didn't you tell me you were sick?"

"Kazusa, I don't have much time left."

"There's no need to make you, my friend, sad."

"Just let me quietly disappear from your world."

Miyazono Kaori's pale, bloodless face showed a gentle smile.

She was only happy and grateful that she could see Touma Kazusa one last time before her death.

She had already accepted her fate.

"Idiot! You fool! You big dummy!"

"Akira is my childhood friend."

"Do you know how skilled my childhood friend and Dr. Amamiya at this hospital are?"

"If you had told me earlier, I would've begged Akira for help."

"He would've found a way to save you."

"Ugh! You self-sacrificing idiot!"

Touma Kazusa suddenly broke down, her loud sobbing drawing everyone's attention.

"Kazusa may always seem cold and quiet on the outside."

"But she's actually the most emotionally sensitive and loyal person."

Kureha Yasha couldn't help but comment.

The others nodded in agreement. As Kazusa's childhood friends, they knew how deeply she cared for those close to her.

"Kazusa, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I was too stupid."

"That's why I call Kazusa the 'loyal dog' type of girlfriend."

"She and Secretary Kobayashi are the two most loyal people I know."

Akira Sawamura and Jabami Yumeko wheeled out a stretcher from the elevator.

"Akira Sawamura, you idiot!"

Touma Kazusa and Shinobu Hisako couldn't help but shout angrily.

Even at a time like this, he had the nerve to joke about Kazusa's loyalty.

"Look, this is Yumeko's older sister, Jabami Shouko."

"Don't they look exactly alike?"

"They really do."

"It's like they're twins."

"They're practically identical."

The childhood friends exclaimed in amazement.

"Alright, let's get down to business."

"Which of you unfortunate souls are in desperate need of saving?"

"I can't guarantee I'll be able to save you."

"But since you've come to me today, if I can help, I will."

"Normally, I'd have Tachibana turn you away."

"After all, this isn't a charity."

"As Tolstoy once said:"

"'All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.'"

"There's no such thing as the worst suffering—there's always something worse."

"I'm not God. I can't save everyone."

"I hope you're prepared for that."

Akira walked over casually, a smile on his face as he explained.

His presence immediately captivated all the guests.

They had never seen such a dreamy, beautiful young man before.

Seeing his nurses gathered around Suou Yumi, he couldn't help but think:

Why don't you act this obedient and well-behaved around me?