21st Century Necromancer

The treatment of hydatid cyst disease was no longer a matter for Chen Yu, the surgeon. In fact, after he performed surgery to remove Qinzi's severely calcified and infected spleen, there was nothing left for him to do—treatment for hydatid cyst disease needed to be transferred to internal medicine.

Such matters certainly did not require Chen Yu to handle personally; they could be entrusted to a junior secretary with a single visit, and there was no need to bother his girlfriend.

Chen Yu's junior secretary, provided by the hospital, was named Shirai Reina, a young woman in her mid-twenties. Although new to the workplace, her capability in handling tasks was quite impressive, and she was also very observant. Every morning when Chen Yu arrived at his office, she had already prepared coffee for him and placed it on his desk, and she kept the office very clean as well.

While initially uncertain about Chen Yu's taste, serving up black tea, green tea, and oolong tea, she quickly discerned his preferences, even carefully selecting which coffee to prepare for him. Of course, this was not at Shirai Reina's own expense, as the hospital's compensation package for Chen Yu included an allowance for refreshments.

But this did not overshadow Shirai Reina's performance; at least, Chen Yu was extremely satisfied with her work.

However, whether Shirai Reina's dedication to her work was purely out of a desire to perform well, or if she had aspirations to be like Professor Niaoi's secretary, Miss Okumura, was a matter of debate.

Of course, Chen Yu had no interest in this; one Hiromi of the city was more than enough for him. Having any more people around would just make him think of turning them into... a terrible thought indeed. Now that he was a doctor, how could he entertain the idea of turning people into dolls? "Child's Play" was best left as a horror movie to watch; such games in reality would likely lead to trouble.

Shaking these irrelevant thoughts from his mind, Chen Yu looked at the time; it seemed there was still plenty of it available today. This was also one of the benefits of becoming a professor; as a professor, one did not have to deal with a large number of patients like an ordinary doctor would.

For professors from Eastern University Affiliated Hospital to get involved, there were only two possibilities: either the case was a complicated and rare disease that ordinary doctors could not treat, or the patient was a VIP, too prestigious for an ordinary doctor.

However, even research-oriented professors like Professor Niaoi were required to perform surgery once or twice a month to maintain their skills. After all, surgeons needed to operate to keep their surgical skills sharp.

Naturally, people like Daimon Michiko who would react to not performing surgery for three days as if going through internet withdrawal were one-of-a-kind. Even Chen Yu required the hospital to arrange one or two surgeries a week just to maintain his own condition.

Originally, the hospital intended to give him the same treatment as Professor Niaoi, encouraging him to focus on research. However, the most energy-intensive phase of his research, the development stage, had passed, and now the clinical trial stage was more about killing time and did not require his complete focus. Thus, he had the hospital schedule him for more surgeries.

Since he had the time, Chen Yu would of course not idle in his office, even though idling was not a concern, but after informing his junior secretary, Shirai Reina, he headed to the lab.

The research group had finally begun formal clinical trials, and although he had great confidence in Doctor Higashiyama and the Glasses Doctor, it was still better to keep an eye on them, as he did not have complete trust in the trainee doctors just yet.

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The research dogs in the laboratory... no, the research assistants were divided into two groups, one group was following the Glasses Doctor performing comparatively basic experimental operations, while the other group was working on experimental analysis with Doctor Higashiyama.

Neither was considered more or less important than the other, however, it was apparent that Doctor Higashiyama's team was given more attention, or it could be said that their abilities and skills were somewhat higher.

After all, Doctor Higashiyama's team had the elder Nakagawa Susumu, and Tashiro Nanaori could also be considered to come from a family with a deep tradition in the field.

As for the other trainee doctor, they were the best performing one among the group of trainee doctors sent over by Professor Kube, so the overall level naturally seemed much better than that of the trainee doctors under the Glasses Doctor.

However, the trainee doctors under the Glasses Doctor did not harbor any negative sentiments, as simply being able to squeeze into this research team was already very fortunate, and securing a better position would depend on one's own efforts.

"Professor!" Seeing Chen Yu come in, a group of trainee doctors hurriedly greeted him, for it was undoubtedly very important for them to make a good impression on Chen Yu.

Chen Yu nodded nonchalantly, indicating they should continue with their work, then walked up to the Glasses Doctor. He made a point of glancing at the name badge, so as not to forget his name again, before addressing him, "Dr. Moto, how have things been these last two days, is the experiment going well?"

Although the previous animal experiments had been going smoothly, Chen Yu was still somewhat concerned about the human experiments, since they involved human lives. Should a medical accident occur, even though waivers had been signed, it would ultimately not be a good thing.

"Don't worry, Professor, everything is going smoothly so far. There aren't many volunteers for the clinical trials, but there are enough to meet the experimental requirements. Moreover, the clinical trials are also progressing well and everyone has become accustomed to the tasks at hand, so there haven't been any problems," the Glasses Doctor reported seriously to Chen Yu.

Being someone whose name was often forgotten, joining Chen Yu's research group was a very rare opportunity for him, and he hoped to achieve results that would earn him respect from others.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Hmm, that's good, I am reassured by your work," Chen Yu said encouragingly to the Glasses Doctor. Although the Glasses Doctor was technically his senior, it was clear that Chen Yu's position as an associate professor was now more esteemed, "Tell everyone that they don't need to rush the progress; just follow the normal pace, there is no need to work overtime and wear themselves out."

"Understood, Professor, I'll let everyone know about your kind considerations," the Glasses Doctor nodded, and didn't see anything wrong with Chen Yu's approach. On the contrary, he was very humble.

This was perhaps a norm in the Japanese workplace. Although seniors could certainly lord it over their juniors, if a junior became the supervisor, seniors must show deference. It's not about what's fair or unfair, it was just the norm of the workplace.

After chatting with Doctor Higashiyama for a few more moments and understanding the progress of the experiments, Chen Yu finally left the laboratory. For him, once everything was on track, he just needed to come and take a look when he had time, and that was basically it.

However, even though it was just a simple round of visits, it was almost time to clock out. He couldn't help but take out his mobile phone, planning to call Jounouchi Hiromi to invite her to have dinner together.