As a tooth fairy, Kanagawa Jialin has a happy life among humans.
Those are her own words, and she has every right to say them. She graduated from medical school with excellent grades and successfully opened her own dental clinic;
she fell in love with and married the famous boxer Matsuda Jotaro, and they had a child, Jinpei, whose looks were far cuter than his personality. When their relationship ran into trouble, her husband readily agreed to a divorce and took custody, leaving her free to live on her own;
even after closing her clinic in Kanagawa, she quickly found a new job at Beika Central Hospital. The child she loved grew into a fine adult...
All of this proves that she is happy.
"What? The hospital has been rigged with a bomb?" She hurried downstairs. "Then why haven't you started evacuating everyone?"
The head nurse smiled sincerely at her. "It's all right, Dr. Kanagawa. The police were prepared. They found the bomb quickly, and it's already been defused."
"That's wonderful," she said cheerfully. "Speaking of which, my child is a bomb disposal officer too! Maybe you even saw him at the scene just now..."
Pride and happiness. That evening, she saw him on the news, and then confirmed it amid the frantic questions. It was him.
Her pride remained intact. Her happiness lay in tatters.
She knew why he had become a police officer. She knew why he had made that choice. Of course she understood all of it, but the pain cut deeper into a mother's heart than understanding could reach: if the one by his side hadn't been his father, would he still have made the same choice?
If she could start over... if she could do it all again... she would pay any price.
"Jinpei, Mom got custody of you," the twenty-nine-year-old mother said to her seven-year-old child. "So can you explain why you don't want to move out of Kanagawa with me?"
Oh... it was because of that child named Kenji Hagiwara. You said he would be your friend for life. Mom knows even better than you do that he'll be your friend for life.
But the clinic had already been sold. In that case...
"I'll accept your offer," Kanagawa Jialin said, holding out her hands to the man in black. "As long as you give me enough money."
It didn't matter. Joining the Organization was no big deal. It would give her a chance to see for herself...
Who exactly punched out the dentures she'd made for her child?
*Cover licensed for commercial use.
*Not a typical child-rearing story.
*Mom is a tooth fairy.
*But she didn't know it would be Beika Central Hospital.
Theme: You can always trust a mother's heart.
