“Bokuchu” Us vs the Police: 700-Day War

We were alternately visiting Saijoh-kun from day to day, but it was a little while after the hospitalization before the guy in question, Great Inoue-kun, went to visit Saijoh-kun.
Great Inoue-kun’s family was a very strict one, and because he was caught up in the incident, it didn’t matter who was responsible; he wasn’t allowed to leave the house for a while.
But he finally got permission to leave and today he was visiting with his good friend Murayama-kun and I.

“Saijoh. Sorry for not making it earlier. This is a get-well gift. It’s not much, but…”
It was an assortment of gorgeous fruits.
Compared to Takaaki-kun and my “boned pork,” there was a huge gap between the “not much.” Back then “bananas” were still considered a treat.

“Don’t make a fuss about it. Inoue.”
Saijoh-kun said while petting a pineapple. He looked really happy.

“I think my little sister is coming later.”

“What!? Yuko-chan is!?”
He looked even happier.

“Yeah. I don’t have any other sisters.”

“A-are you going to say ‘it’s not much’ and leave her here, too?”

“I’m not leaving her!”

At that time, the nurse who was assigned to Saijoh-kun came to change his bandages. I’m not sure why this guy has this kind of luck, but this nurse was also a really pretty person.
But. Because she was in the occupation of watching over life or death matter, she was about as strong willed as Takaaki-kun’s older sister.

There was no way that Saijoh-kun wouldn’t be frivolous over a beauty like this,
“M-miss! W-would you like to eat some fruit? It’s not much, but…”

Great Inoue-kun.
“You said it’s not much, but isn’t that the get-well gift I brought you?”

“Eh!? Didn’t you say that it wasn’t much?”

“You don’t say it! Idiot.”

The nurse, while skillfully working,
“There’s no way I can eat while on duty. But you have a lot of friends, Saijoh-kun.”

“Yeah. Well. I guess you can call it karma. If you have this many mourners, it’s more emotionally tiring. Ah ha ha.”

Mourners… are you dead?

“What are you saying!? Be thankful. All right, done!”
She gently tapped the bandage on his arm after.
“O-ouch…”

“Come to think of it, Mika-chan’s not here today.”

Mika-chan?
A-a girl?
Great Inoue-kun, Murayama-kun, and I all looked at each other.

Well. In certain aspects, Saijoh-kun was a character that had a lot of female contact, but that was all either one-sided from Saijoh-kun or as a result of his delusions, and there was never a time that a real girl’s name would come up.

“Who’s… Mika?”
To our question in unison,

“Hmm. Saijoh-kun’s lover. Right?”
The nurse replied.

“Lov… I, I guess that’s what they call it?”

“Nurse, it must be some mistake?”

“She comes to see him everyday! She’s very devoted. She’s really cute, too!”
Ufufu, the nurse giggled.

“Huh… Is… that so?”

There’s no way…

In actuality, this day there really were a lot of “mourners.” Jaime came to visit as well as Chuzai-san visiting again. Though, Chuzai-san was here partially to wrap up the case. Chuzai-san was in his uniform that day.

And. During that day, we would come to know Saijoh-kun’s “mystery lover.”

“Saijoe!”

All of a sudden a girl almost flew into the room. She was about six or seven years old.

She certainly was cute. She closely resembled Yuko-chan when she was younger.

“Saijoe! H-huh? Guests again?”

“Mika. Didn’t I tell you not to forget the -san?”

“Is this person police? Saijoe, is he your friend?”
His small lover Mika-chan said while pointing at Chuzai-san.

“Hmm. This person’s not a friend but a f-o-e. He’s a very scary person.”
What are you teaching a little child?

“Does he bully Saijoe?”

“Yeah, yeah. He bullies me a lottt.”

“Hey, hey.”
Chuzai-san said with a bitter smile.

“Saijoe’s a good guy so don’t bully him!”

Whoa. Her unreliable use of Japanese was cute!
“Okay, okay.” Replied Chuzai-san.

“Mika, I’ll give you an apple so stay over there. I have something to talk about with these guys.”

“Ok! Mika understands!”

Mika-chan trotted out of the room.

“Saijoe! Let’s play later!”

“Saijoh, just… because you’re not popular with the ladies, you’re putting your hands on a little girl like that?”
Chuzai-san said.

“D-don’t be stupid!”
Saijoh-kun stuttered.

“You know. It’s a crime at that age. I’ll have to arrest you.”

“What!? R-really?”

Why are you scared about that?

“Of course it is. That little girl’s like a baby growing some hair.”

“What?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Mr. Policeman, you don’t know anything.”

“About what?”

“There’s no way she’s growing any yet.
Normally they’re twelve or thirteen years old before they start growing, right?”

“Y-you stupid idiot! By “growing some hair,” I wasn’t referring to that!”

Saijoh…

This “Mika-chan” wasn’t hospitalized here, but was coming along with her mother who was nursing her hospitalized little brother. This brother was supposedly seriously ill and the mother was almost always there, so the hospital was almost like a playground for Mika-chan, and the nurses, doctors and other patients were all comfortable with her presence.
I’m not sure why this child was attached to Saijoh-kun, but like I touched on in volume 3, he seemed to have an ingenious talent when dealing “with kids.”

After a while, Chuzai-san finished conveying what ended up happening, and returned to duty. As if to replace him, Yuko-chan came to visit.

“Saijoh-senpai, were you all right?”

“Hmm. If I was all right, I probably wouldn’t be hospitalized.”
Saijoh-kun said. He was unusually logical.

“I was worried.”

“R-really? Then will you come in a yukata next time?”
What does that have to do with a yukata?

But. At this time, Mika-chan made another appearance!

“Oh my!”
Yuko-chan was surprised.

“Huh? Saijoe, who is this girl? She’s Saijoe’s lover?”

“Hmm, I guess you can say it like that?”

No, no. Absolutely not.

“This girl’s got absolutely nothing to do with Saijoe-kun. You can rest assured.”

“I see! They’re not lovers! But you’re cute. Like a doll.”