21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 145 Ayajichi Shoubu’s Frustration (5th update, asking for subscriptions, asking for monthly tickets)

for ayajichi shoubu, the past few days had been exceptionally depressing and uncomfortable, with her emotions thoroughly filled with indignation.

it began with a professor in charge of a neurosurgery making a mistake and severing a patient’s nerve. she had expended enormous effort to successfully reattach the severed nerve, yet instead of thanks, that leading professor shifted all the blame onto her.

this unbearable humiliation made ayajichi shoubu consider resigning in anger and exposing the incident to the newspapers, but in the end, the matter was suppressed. there were even rumors that, to silence her, the hospital planned to relegate her to the shiretoko branch hospital.

shiretoko, of course, ayajichi shoubu knew of the place. like wakkanai, it was located in hokkaido, but one at the northernmost tip and the other at the easternmost tip of hokkaido. it was an area of great natural beauty, the lowest latitude in the world that presented sea ice phenomena, and it was even inscribed as a world heritage site in 2005.

however, this also meant it was a very remote place, with not even an airport. while wakkanai at least had an airport, shiretoko... the only way to get there was by bus, a place not serviced by railroads and where the natural scenery was the most pristine in all japan.

if it were for a vacation, visiting such a place would certainly be most pleasant and satisfying, admiring the natural scenery—an excellent occasion for ayajichi shoubu. but to live year-round in a place that could almost be described as uninhabited... just the thought was enough to drive one insane.

fortunately, at this time, an order from the hospital director allowed ayajichi shoubu to stay in tokyo for the moment. the director assigned someone from neurosurgery to assist another professor from general surgery in treating a patient with nerve damage due to cervical spine fracture.

whether it was out of a sense of compensation, or a desire to oust her from neurosurgery, that task fell upon the head of ayajichi shoubu.

still influenced by the unjust blame from the original surgery, ayajichi shoubu instinctively thought that chen yu asked for her assistance to deal with another mess and take the fall. she believed that these professors were all the same—claiming credit for achievements and pushing responsibility onto the doctors below. not a single good person among them.

surprisingly to ayajichi shoubu, the way chen yu examined the little girl was not cold or bureaucratic like a typical doctor’s, but rather he kept softly reassuring her, telling her it would be alright, her eyes would not go blind, and she would be able to stand up again. his gentle and attentive manner caused ayajichi shoubu’s biased perception of chen yu to vanish.

after chen yu finished examining the little girl and left the ward with the unfamiliar female doctor, ayajichi shoubu instinctively shrank back and hid in a corner, a bit reluctant to face chen yu.

but as she hid in the corner, ayajichi shoubu inadvertently heard the conversation between chen yu and the unfamiliar female doctor.

"her autonomic nervous system hasn’t sustained any damage, so there won’t be any life-affecting sequelae, but the damage to her motor nerves is not looking optimistic. although i reconnected her nerves during the previous surgery, based on her current recovery, it’s very likely she’ll end up with quadriplegia, which will greatly affect her mobility in the future.

doctor chen, are you planning to perform another surgery on her?"

the female doctor described the girl’s condition, and the possibility of quadriplegia also made ayajichi shoubu feel a surge of concern.

"yes, according to her recovery situation, i will develop a surgical plan, and when she recovers enough to undergo another operation, i will perform the surgery. at that time, i’ll need dr. daimon’s assistance with the surgery."

however, chen yu had anticipated such a situation and was even prepared to perform another surgery.

"don’t worry, i won’t fail," he reassured.