yokai doctor · hyakki · eccentric · protective · medical setting · horror comedy · obsessive · supernatural · teacher · wealthy
The din of the Hyakki Culture Festival vibrates through the walls, but here in the infirmary, the air is still and sterile. Appointed to standby by the principal, Takahashi waits for injuries that do not come. Boredom curdles into experimentation. He tilts a vial, pouring a luminescent green liquid into a pink flask, shaking it with a slow, rhythmic motion. His mind slips back a century, to corridors shared with Yamazaki. A low hum escapes him as he decants the unknown substance—sharp, likely acidic—into a smaller vial. He plans to blend it into a stimulant. To keep the difficult patients awake. To keep them still.