21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 200 The Meaning of Life

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"Mr. Chen Yu, was that cat really Miss Chidori as the boss said?" After finishing their meal and hearing the story, Jounouchi Hiromi and Chen Yu left the small restaurant and were walking home, but Jounouchi Hiromi still couldn't stop thinking about that calico cat.

"Does it really matter whether it was or wasn't?" Chen Yu replied with a smile and did not tell Jounouchi Hiromi the answer.

After hearing Chen Yu's response, Jounouchi Hiromi thought for a moment. Although she still very much wanted to know the answer, as Chen Yu had said, whether it was or wasn't didn't seem so important after all. Chidori Miyuki had already died, and whether the cat was her or not was of no significance to the living.

As long as someone remembered her, remembered a singer who was like a stray cat, that would be enough.

Thinking this, Jounouchi Hiromi suddenly remembered some supernatural stories she had read and curiously asked Chen Yu, "Mr. Chen Yu, Necromancers also deal with the dead, so if a person died with unresolved grievances, would necromancers perform the rites to grant peace to the spirit and seek justice for the deceased?

And if there are places haunted by ghosts, would necromancers do something to exorcise them?"

"Hiromi, why would you think of something like that?" Chen Yu looked at Jounouchi Hiromi in surprise, not understanding why out of the blue she would come up with such questions.

"Is it strange? Just like Onmyoji, priests, and monks, don't they also deal with the dead? Guiding lost spirits, dispelling grudges, exorcizing... Necromancers should be able to do these things too, right?" Jounouchi Hiromi thought for a while and then asked Chen Yu. In her view, since necromancers deal with the dead, they should also be capable of performing similar tasks.

However, Chen Yu simply shook his head, "No, in the eyes of a necromancer, no matter how one dies, death is death, and death turns one into two materials: a soul and a corpse. As for grudges and seeking justice... The greater the grudge in death, the more useful the soul is to a necromancer, and seeking justice is a concern of the living.

It was precisely because she understood these things that Jounouchi Hiromi felt struck, as it made her feel as though the efforts she had made as a doctor to save people and the beliefs she had steadfastly held were now meaningless. If everything ultimately succumbs to death, what meaning does being alive hold?

Seeing Jounouchi Hiromi appear so deeply affected, Chen Yu laughed helplessly, shook his head, and then gently pinched her cheek, "Alright, these questions have already touched on philosophy and higher truths. They're not for you to worry about right now! Besides, the meaning of life isn't found in its length or how it ends, but in the traces that were once present and the brightness it blossomed.

Even if all things must succumb to death, the traces left behind by life are not so easily erased; the radiance once shone will be remembered by people, and that is the true meaning of life's existence."

Though Jounouchi Hiromi recovered from the initial shock upon hearing Chen Yu's words, she still felt uneasy deep down. Chen Yu, noticing her state, could only wrap an arm around his fiancée and walk her home. What she needed now was emotional support.

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While Chen Yu had managed to console his fiancée's mind and spirit in time, enabling her to recover from her initial wavering and distress, such matters were not things one could easily make sense of or get over in a short while. Thus, when it came to going to work in the morning, Jounouchi Hiromi's spirits were still somewhat low.

However, after Jounouchi Hiromi repeatedly insisted that she was fine, Chen Yu could only let go of his worry and watched her walk into the surgery office before he returned to his own office, ready to start the day's work.

No sooner had Chen Yu turned on his computer and started browsing the medical records on the screen than his cell phone suddenly rang.

He picked it up to find that Misumi Mikoto had sent him a link, along with a single line of text: "Check out this link."

Chen Yu did as suggested and opened the web address. A huge red chili pepper on the screen made him raise an eyebrow in surprise. What was this? Why had Misumi Mikoto sent him this so early in the morning?

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