21st Century Necromancer

Chen Yu carefully flipped through the medical records handed over by the doctor nearby and showed no sign of negligence or dissatisfaction, despite the Obasan wanting to introduce her son to Hiromi Jounouchi just before.

The Obasan's condition was clear, an early detected stomach tumor. Although it was cancer, being discovered early meant that it was relatively easy to control with either medication or surgery, without any complications.

However, when Chen Yu looked at the Obasan's X-ray and CT images, his eyebrows involuntarily furrowed. He then turned to the examination report, noticing that the salt content in the lab results was relatively high.

"Obasan, apart from your stomach, do you feel discomfort anywhere else?" Chen Yu asked, looking at the Obasan lying in the hospital bed.

"Discomfort? It began with stomach pain, right here..." The Obasan recalled, touching her abdomen, "But recently, I occasionally feel pain over here too, so I asked my son to take me to the hospital for a check-up. I didn't expect the doctor to say it's gastric cancer. My son insists on surgery! Doctor, doesn't surgery mean cutting open my stomach? Can't I avoid surgery and just take some medicine home? At my age, living a few more or fewer years doesn't really matter."

"How can you say that it doesn't matter? Since you came to the hospital, it's our responsibility to cure you. Whether surgery is necessary or not, we'll know after further inspections," Chen Yu consoled the elderly woman and said to Hiromi Jounouchi beside him, "Hiromi, could you check the Obasan again to identify the exact source of her pain?"

"I understand." Hiromi Jounouchi nodded, spoke gently to the Obasan, "Obasan, I need to examine you. Please cooperate with me, okay?"

Having said that, Hiromi Jounouchi drew the curtains around the bed, put on disposable gloves, and, along with a ward nurse, started to examine the Obasan. Meanwhile, Chen Yu began diagnosing another patient in the ward.

Hiromi Jounouchi's examination did not take too much time, and after a few minutes, she pulled back the curtains and removed her disposable gloves, tossing them into the nearby trash can.

"Hiromi, how does it look?" Chen Yu asked Hiromi Jounouchi after her examination was finished.

She felt pain after pressing on the stomach area, so the possibility of a tumor is high. The diagnosis of early gastric cancer seems correct. However..." Hiromi Jounouchi said and leaned closer to Chen Yu, whispering, "Pressing on the location of the Obasan's pancreas also causes pain. Mr. Chen Yu, were you suspecting..."

"Mm, let's get the Obasan another test to confirm," Chen Yu nodded slightly. Hiromi Jounouchi's findings did not differ much from his suspicions, but to verify, he still felt a more detailed examination was required.

"Understood." Hiromi Jounouchi nodded, then turned to the doctor holding the medical records to ask, "Who is the Obasan's attending physician?"

"Dr. Zhihe from the Women's Surgery Department," the doctor holding the records quickly checked the Obasan's file and reported to Hiromi Jounouchi.

Hearing this, Chen Yu nodded slightly and instructed him, "Notify Dr. Zhihe and ask him to come for a consultation."

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After making their round through the regular wards and completing their routine checks, Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi did not return to their office. Instead, they both headed to the ICU to visit the nine-year-old child who had undergone surgery previously.

A few days after surgery, the child had awakened. Despite being severely injured upon arrival, with Chen Yu's effort, the child was saved. Although still in the ICU, he could be transferred out in a couple of days as long as there were no complications.

The liver suturing surgery Chen Yu had performed on the child was also very successful; his liver was healing and gradually regaining its function.

After examining the child, Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi finally left the room.

"I wonder how Director Yamamoto is doing with the containment of the new disease; the novel illness is already causing panic," Hiromi Jounouchi said as they cleaned and disinfected themselves, asking Chen Yu for an update.

Chen Yu, who was also cleaning and disinfecting, shook his head slightly upon hearing her, "The transmission rate of the new disease is just too fast. Although there aren't many new confirmed cases in Japan, you've seen how fast this novel disease spreads. If we can't contain the outbreak..." It could be a global disaster. So we focus on our responsibilities, and I trust other doctors will do their jobs as well."

"Can't we do something?" Hiromi Jounouchi sounded dissatisfied, clearly wanting to contribute to combating the disease, "With your expertise, Mr. Chen Yu, couldn't you crack the virus?"

"Even if I could, we would need samples of the virus! Moreover, even if I managed to crack it, how much more efficient would I be compared to other doctors? There's really no fundamental difference between magic and scientific methods; both are understandings and interpretations of the world. Although we're all racing against sickness and the Death God..." Chen Yu was about to continue, but seeing Hiromi Jounouchi's dissatisfied gaze, he surrendered, "Alright, alright, I got it. I'll contact Member of Parliament Kanai to see if we can get a sample of the virus, then work on a cure, okay?"

"What do you mean 'okay'? Don't you want to do something for those suffering from illness? Even if you can't do much, isn't it better to do what you can? You shouldn't refrain from doing something just because it seems insignificant," Hiromi Jounouchi stressed to Chen Yu, visibly upset with his previous response, "Do not forgo doing good because it is small; do not commit evil because it is small,' isn't that what you taught me in our Chinese lessons? You spoke so well when you were teaching me, so why aren't you willing to act now?"

"I'm sorry," Chen Yu looked at Hiromi Jounouchi with some guilt, admitting his mistake, "I'm sorry, Hiromi. My attitude toward this matter has indeed been wrong. I apologize. Thank you for reminding me! You're right, even if I can't make a significant contribution to this novel disease, I can still do something within my ability."

"Well, that's more like it." Seeing Chen Yu admit his mistake, Hiromi Jounouchi finally nodded in satisfaction and smiled.