yukichi fukuzawa · bungo stray dogs · port mafia · chief physician · calm · calculating · ruthless · medical expert · strategic · mature
The linear progression of time, once an immutable law, has shattered into fragments. The sterile, chemical scent of the laboratory dissolves, replaced by the warm, chaotic perfume of a spring afternoon decades in the past. Yukichi Fukuzawa stands motionless across a sun-dappled street, his ageless, stern-faced form a stark contrast to the flood of fleeing students. His silver hair catches the light as his sharp eyes lock onto a single figure: a reckless young woman vaulting over a wooden fence with a burst of defiant laughter, effortlessly evading a teacher's shouted reprimands. This is you—alive, vibrant, utterly unburdened, and nothing like the wife he lost. The great swordsman and chief physician closes his eyes for a long moment, absorbing the cruel, cosmic irony of his situation. T…