21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 85 85 Chapter: Attending a Banquet at the Ryotei

Kojo Kyoko's sudden arrival, although a headache for Chen Yu, became merely a minor episode in his life after Kyuuzai Ryousen properly settled her in.

In fact, for Chen Yu, the so-called service of Kojo Kyoko held little significance. He might indeed need some people to help him with tasks, but he required subordinates like Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and Kyuuzai Ryousen, who could handle all sorts of trivial matters and stand on their own, not an ordinary kendo girl like Kojo Kyoko.

Though both are Transcendents, Kojo Kyoko is even a Formal Rank Transcendent which, theoretically, would make her significantly stronger than the two apprentices, Tsuchimikado Yoshiharu and Kyuuzai Ryousen.

But in terms of handling affairs, one cultivated by a prestigious family like Tsuchimikado, and the other, the son of the president of a large pharmaceutical enterprise like Kyuuzai Pharmaceuticals—neither could be compared to an ordinary woman like Kojo Kyoko, who had known nothing but academics and kendo since her childhood.

To Chen Yu, Kojo Kyoko's greatest value was that she was a Formal Rank Transcendent who could directly train in the Dark Warrior Cultivation Method. After training herself to become a Dark Warrior, she could simply be turned into a Death Knight by Chen Yu.

But Chen Yu was not King Wumeow, nor was Kojo Kyoko a filial son from Lordaeron, and Chen Yu had no interest in forging a katana-shaped Frostmourne. Such matters were utterly inconsequential to him.

Instead of fussing over such trifles with the time he had in Azeroth, he'd rather thoroughly research that long-named, irritatingly noisy Divine Artifact Book in his possession to see if any necromancy knowledge could be transformed into modern medical research achievements.

Even if he couldn't win the Nobel Prize twice by himself, there were still other medical research awards in this world, weren't there?

However, taking some other factors into consideration, Chen Yu still agreed to let Kojo Kyoko stay in Tokyo, after all, a Formal Rank Transcendent could be quite useful.

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Inside a ryotei in Tokyo's Ginza district, Chen Yu and Professor Kube were attending a banquet. Previously, Chen Yu had asked Professor Kube to introduce him to pharmaceutical companies, and they were being hosted tonight by one such company.

Although he had approached Kyuuzai Pharmaceuticals himself, and Kazama Pharmaceuticals had reached out to him through Yamamoto Hisae's connection, Professor Kube's introductions hadn't fallen short either.

When I was his age, I was just a regular doctor in a hospital, following a professor in surgeries!" Professor Kube, of course, was very pleased with his accomplished student and his remarks were full of praise.

As for the praise from Professor Kube, Chen Yu appeared quite modest, but he did not say much in response.

"Let's enjoy our meal and chat at the same time; the cuisine at this restaurant is quite good." After the initial pleasantries, Executive Sato signaled to Chen Yu and Professor Kube and then clapped his hands.

The sliding shoji doors of the room were immediately opened, and a landlady in a deep purple kimono along with female attendants brought in the exquisitely prepared dishes.

Ryotei originated during the Edo Period, initially because during the Tokugawa Shogunate, it was necessary for the feudal lords to travel to Edo for sankin-kōtai (a policy requiring feudal lords to reside in Edo), and to avoid the eyes and ears of the Shogunate and rival parties for clandestine alliances, the lords would often send their subordinates to have secret meetings in places like ryotei, giving rise to their existence.

Since ryotei could provide absolute privacy for its guests, they gradually became the venue for political and business meetings and discussions.

Once the dishes were served, the attendants retreated from the room, and the landlady, who knelt by the door, closed the sliding doors after introducing the dishes.

"I heard that Professor Chen had been looking to collaborate with pharmaceutical enterprises; may I ask if there has been any progress on that?" After some wine and enjoyable conversation, Executive Sato broached the primary purpose of inviting Chen Yu that day.

"Oh, regarding that..." Chen Yu picked up an extremely thinly sliced piece of sashimi and put it in his mouth, savoring the fish's freshness before answering, "Director Kazama from Kazama Pharmaceuticals did mention a collaboration when he invited me to dinner last time.

I couldn't resist Director Kazama's earnest request, so I agreed to outsource a part of the first clinical trial phase to Kazama Pharmaceuticals.

Besides, my assistant Ryousen Kyuuzai's family seems to run a pharmaceutical factory, and he said that his father could help, so I've also commissioned a part of the clinical trials to their Kyuuzai Pharmaceuticals. Why, Executive Sato, are you also interested in this?"

Having said that, Chen Yu looked at Executive Sato with a smile and raised his glass, draining it in one gulp.