21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 67 The Maeda Family

The afternoon conference was only slightly less boring compared to the one in the morning.

Fortunately, it seemed that all the important topics had been discussed in the morning, so in the afternoon, everyone's behavior was much more casual which made time pass a little easier.

Because of Professor Niaoi's persuasion at lunchtime, Yu Chen also tried hard to listen to the contents of the conference in the afternoon. After all, according to Professor Niaoi, he would have to make a speech at such a meeting in the future, so he hoped to understand some of the content to accumulate some experience for later.

But it must be said that in such academic conferences, the participants were all quite capable, and the topics discussed were highly specialized.

Even a scholarly doctor like Professor Niaoi found it hard to get much speaking time at such a conference; most of the time, it was a group of old men with white hair, flowing in their speech, discussing various professional terms, incomprehensible to those who hadn't been immersed in the field for over a decade.

However, Yu Chen was still able to glean quite a few insights from the old men's discussions. Though what everyone talked about seemed clouded in mist, at first listen one might not understand at all what was being said, but in reality, they were discussing their own areas of research and their expertise, without too much novelty.

After all, medical research isn't something that can be achieved overnight. It is common to study a topic for decades, even a lifetime, and unless there is a breakthrough, it is hard to have anything truly new.

The discussions and questions of others, unless they were in a related field of research, or literally researching the same topic, were basically not very profound. The situation of aggressive questioning, determined to trap someone else, simply didn't occur among these elders who valued face.

This situation did reassure Yu Chen quite a lot; he felt more confident about the paper presentation he would be making later. As long as he spoke about his own work and explained the topic clearly, there shouldn't be any major problems.

As for the questions from others, as long as they were within the field of his research topic, Yu Chen wasn't the least bit afraid, because after all, he was a doctorate from the University of Tokyo Medical School, and he wasn't intimidated by issues related to professional knowledge.

With such a mindset, after the afternoon conference had ended, Yu Chen returned to the hotel, planning to go out for dinner with Hiromi Jounouchi, who had gone shopping in the afternoon.

Before Yu Chen could respond, Hiromi Jounouchi at his side suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "The Kaga Maeda Family? The Marquis Maeda Family? The same Maeda family known as Kaga Million Koku? But didn't the Maeda family move to Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration?"

"The main family is a branch of the Maeda family. During the Edo Period, they were the feudal lords of Toyama Domain, and during the Meiji era, they were conferred with the title of count.

When the main family of the Maeda clan moved to Tokyo, our branch moved to Kanazawa to look after the ancestral tomb of the Maeda family." The man explained to Hiromi Jounouchi, with words that fully conveyed the pride of the old noble family in their identity.

Hearing the man's proud introduction, Yu Chen knew he would have to go this evening; old noble families like this placed a huge emphasis on face, and not going would be a slight to their honor, which could offend them.

Yu Chen thought for a moment and then asked Hiromi Jounouchi, "Hiromi, what do you think?"

"Since they've put it that way, let's go for a bit," Hiromi Jounouchi seemed pretty indifferent. "Besides, if we don't go, that uncle from last night won't just let it go, right?"

Hearing Hiromi Jounouchi refer to the elderly lady's son from last night as "uncle", Yu Chen couldn't help but smile. Seeing that Hiromi Jounouchi agreed, he said to the man in front of him, "In that case, we would be honored to accept your invitation."

"Very well! Please come this way, the car is ready outside," said the man. He then led Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi out of the hotel.

Outside the hotel, a black sedan seeing the man escorting Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi out, immediately drove up and stopped precisely in front of them.

The man opened the car door for Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi, and after they got in, he then took the passenger seat in the front and instructed the driver to head out. Explore hidden tales at empire

Yu Chen, sitting in the car, took a surprised glance at the driver; He was a transcendent of the formal rank.