21st Century Necromancer

Chen Yu really wanted to enjoy a quiet dinner with Jounouchi Hiromi, but the call from Zhu Yiting disrupted his plans.

"Mr. Chen Yu, what's wrong? Whose call has made you look so upset?" Seeing Chen Yu's complexion worsen after he took the call, Jounouchi Hiromi, who had been looking at the menu deciding what to order, immediately asked with concern.

"It was Zhu Ting's call. She's coming over with their hospital's surgical director, the head of surgery at the Japanese Hospital, to talk about her husband's surgery," Chen Yu explained the situation to Jounouchi Hiromi based on what Zhu Yiting had told him over the phone.@@novelbin@@

Upon hearing Chen Yu's words, Jounouchi Hiromi couldn't hide her surprise: "Eh? Is there a problem with her husband's surgery? Didn't you, Mr. Chen Yu, cleanly remove his tumor before? Could there be a complication? I remember she called you yesterday morning, right after we got home. It wasn't about this, was it?"

"Yes, it is about this, but it's not that her husband's condition has recurred, it's something more troublesome," Chen Yu nodded, then shook his head with a wry smile. "Her husband has multiple primary cancers. He has both ulcerative gastric cancer and cancer in the bile duct at the hepatic hilum."

"Really? That's shocking!" Jounouchi Hiromi's eyes widened in astonishment. The likelihood of having multiple primary cancers was already low, and to be afflicted with two types of malignant tumors was akin to winning the jackpot in a lottery, leaving one unsure whether to call it lucky or unfortunate.

However, alongside her astonishment, Jounouchi Hiromi also grew worried: "Cancer in the bile duct at the hepatic hilum should be very difficult to operate on, right? If I recall, back when I was just an anesthesiologist, someone performed that surgery, and it lasted 12 hours. I was exhausted just sitting there; it's not an easy surgery!"

"12 hours? If it were me, I should be able to keep it within 8 hours," Chen Yu laughed upon hearing Jounouchi Hiromi mention the surgery lasting 12 hours and joked, "If it was Daimon-san, she could probably finish the surgery in six hours, right?"

"Daimon-san's surgeries are indeed fast, but you're not far behind, Mr. Chen Yu! Just two hours slower than her, which is already faster than the vast majority of doctors," Jounouchi Hiromi praised him upon hearing that he could complete the surgery on cancer at the hepatic hilum in under eight hours. As an anesthesiologist and a surgeon, she was well aware of how complex and problematic this so-called most difficult tumor surgery in the digestive system was.

Yet hearing Jounouchi Hiromi's praise, Chen Yu shook his head, feeling somewhat emotional as he said, "Daimon-san's surgeries are blessed with the Power of Faith. To compete with a doctor who has been honed on the battlefield in terms of surgical speed, I admit I'm not quite there yet."

"Power of Faith?" Jounouchi Hiromi was puzzled upon hearing a term she hadn't heard before.

"Oh, I forgot you haven't seen Daimon-san operate since you became a Blood Knight, right?" Chen Yu chuckled at Jounouchi Hiromi's surprise and then explained to her as if suddenly realizing, "Daimon-san is no ordinary doctor. Because she has saved so many lives and always upheld the belief that she will never fail, those cured by her also believe she cannot fail. Therefore, the trust they place in her accumulates into the Power of Faith.

So every time Daimon-san operates and declares that she will not fail, her surgery is, indeed, blessed with the Power of Faith she carries, not only making her work faster and more accurate but also stabilizing the patient's condition during the operation due to the blessing."

"You're kidding, right? Is that even possible?" Jounouchi Hiromi looked incredulous upon hearing Chen Yu's words but then envied the ability: "Ah, I'm so jealous! If I had that ability too, I could become a surgeon even better than Daimon-san!"

"You can't say that! Daimon-san was first a skilled surgeon, saved many lives, gained the trust of her patients, and then gathered the Power of Faith that gives her this ability," Chen Yu certainly understood how Daimon Michiko came to possess such power, and he knew that Jounouchi Hiromi was just expressing fleeting envy. So, after making his point, he changed the subject: "Zhu Ting said she and their hospital's surgical director are coming right over. Let's wait for them."

"Eh? The surgical director of their hospital? What do they want to discuss with you, Mr. Chen Yu? Surely they're not trying to persuade you to perform the surgery?" Jounouchi Hiromi, flipping through the menu, asked curiously after hearing Chen Yu's comment.

"I'm afraid it's not just that simple," Chen Yu said, his lips curving up slightly, already having a hunch about their intentions.

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Zhu Yiting and the senior director arrived quite promptly, and considering the short travel time from the city hospital, their timing was not surprising.

"Chen Yu, this is Director Liu from our hospital's surgery department." It was naturally up to Zhu Yiting to introduce everyone at such occasions, "Director, this is Professor Chen Yu from the University of Tokyo Medical Department, the surgeon who operated on my husband before."

"Professor Chen Yu! I've long admired your work! I've read your paper published in 'The Lancet' about surgery on cancer at the hepatic hilum, and I found your insights into the various problems encountered during surgery extremely enlightening!" Although he appeared to be much older than Chen Yu, the senior director reached out and eagerly shook hands with him, lavishing him with compliments.

While shaking hands with Director Liu, Chen Yu had to force a smile to respond to his compliments: "Not at all, I've never been particularly good with papers. That article was written during my PhD studies at The University of Tokyo. If it weren't for the guidance of the professors there, it wouldn't have been publishable. You flatter me too much, Director Liu."

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After exchanging a few more pleasantries, they finally sat down.

"Professor Chen, I am a man who doesn't beat around the bush, so I'll get straight to the point," Director Liu might not be adept at networking, so after a brief introduction, he directly made his request to Chen Yu: "I would like to ask you to perform this surgery for Xiao Zhu's loved one. After all, you were the one who performed his previous gastric tumor surgery, and now, this..."

"It's not just as simple as wanting me to operate, is it? You also want me to make this surgery a demonstrative one, providing live teaching, don't you?" Chen Yu voiced the unspoken part of Director Liu's request.