21st Century Necromancer

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Even with the help of Doctor Higashiyama and Nakagawa Susumu, Chen Yu still needed to constantly monitor the changes in the lab mice. However, with two assistants, Chen Yu didn’t have to watch over three groups of mice by himself, which was quite strenuous, and he could take some time to rest a bit.

"Doctor Chen, how long do we need to observe this experiment?" Nakagawa Susumu asked curiously while jotting down notes.

As a trainee doctor, he was accustomed to assisting fully-fledged physicians and bore no resentment, but he was merely curious about the duration of the experiment.

Sitting aside, having the breakfast that Jounouchi Hiromi brought for him, Chen Yu heard Susumu’s question, swallowed the rice ball in his mouth, and then replied, "The entire experiment requires continuous observation for 72 hours. I need to know what kind of adverse reactions the potion injection will cause.

Both of the new potion components are natural extracts, which will not accumulate in the human body. After 72 hours, the metabolism will eliminate everything from the body."

"72 hours? Does that mean the experiment will continue for another two days?" Susumu asked with a curious face. Although he graduated from a medical university, he didn’t come from the University of Tokyo, and his field was surgery. He had never conducted such long animal experiments before, so he felt somewhat anxious and intrigued.

"To be precise, it’s another 56 hours. It’s already been 16 hours since yesterday." Chen Yu finished the rice ball in his hand, took a sip of coffee to wash down the remaining grains in his mouth, walked over to Susumu, patted his shoulder, and said, "I’ll rest for a bit. Record the data every half hour, and call for me after two hours. If anything urgent happens, wake me up immediately."

Perhaps because he had never done anything like this before, Susumu seemed somewhat panicky and hurriedly wanted to say something to reassure the young doctor.

"Don’t worry, Doctor Chen. I’ve got it under control, there won’t be a problem." But before Susumu could speak up, Doctor Higashiyama on the side already made the assurance before him.

"I leave it to you!" Chen Yu nodded, smiled, and then walked toward the couch in the corner of the lab, planning to take a break.

Seeing Chen Yu settle on the couch in the corner, Susumu then quietly asked Higashiyama, "Doctor Higashiyama, do experiments usually last this long?"

"This is actually considered brief. Some drug trials can even take a month. But typically, there are several assistants in the lab working in shifts.

It’s rare to see someone like Doctor Chen, who plans to complete the experiment by himself," Doctor Higashiyama was already accustomed to such matters, as drug experiments often needed to observe the effects on test subjects over long periods, sometimes lasting several months or even a year or two. A 72-hour observation period was indeed short in comparison.

Seeing the baffled look still on Susumu’s face, Higashiyama gave him a pat, "Stop worrying about other things and concentrate on your work! The potion Doctor Chen is developing is groundbreaking. If this trial is successful and applied clinically, it could truly change the world. You’re fortunate to be a part of such an experiment, so seize the opportunity!"

Heartened by Doctor Higashiyama’s words, Susumu perked up and devoted himself to the experiment.

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Although Chen Yu told Susumu he would rest for two hours, he got up from the couch after roughly just under an hour.

However, at the experiment station, only Susumu was recording the conditions of the three groups of sample subjects; Doctor Higashiyama, who should have been there, was nowhere in sight.

"How are the samples doing?" Seeing the situation, Chen Yu just asked Susumu and then picked up the record book from the experiment table and began to flip through it, "Where is Doctor Higashiyama?"

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"The condition of the samples is good, basically unchanged. Doctor Higashiyama just had a phone call, his patient Miss Hanayama is having some trouble, he needs to go there immediately." Upon hearing Chen Yu inquire about Doctor Higashiyama, Nakagawa Susumu hurriedly explained for him, not wanting Chen Yu to misunderstand that he had slipped away.

"That beautiful chef, Miss Hanayama?" Chen Yu naturally remembered Doctor Higashiyama’s patient, she was also the reason Doctor Higashiyama volunteered to help.

However, such matters obviously didn’t disturb Chen Yu. After he finished reviewing the experimental records and checked the samples again, he then said to Nakagawa Susumu, "Nakagawa-san, can you keep an eye on these for a bit longer? I’m going to wash my face, I just took a short nap and I still feel a bit groggy."

"No problem, Doctor Chen, you can rest a bit more, I don’t have anything going on today, I can keep watching for you," Nakagawa Susumu said, looking at Chen Yu, seeing the tiredness still present on his face and couldn’t help but persuade him.

However, Chen Yu didn’t say much, just patted him on the shoulder and then turned to leave the laboratory.

After a quick face wash in the restroom, Chen Yu suddenly remembered that he hadn’t checked on Inomata Naoki today. Considering that Nakagawa Susumu was in the lab and it should be okay for a while, he dried his face with a paper towel in the restroom and went towards Inomata Naoki’s ward.

Inomata Naoki’s ward was just a regular large ward, but the facilities at Eastern University Affiliated Hospital were very good, even the large wards were four-person rooms, and the conditions were not bad.

However, when Chen Yu arrived at the ward, he found that Inomata Naoki’s bed was already empty, and tidied up neatly, not as if he’d temporarily gone out for some reason.

Chen Yu was immediately shocked, rushed out of the ward, and checked the nameplate at the door. When he realized that Inomata Naoki’s name was gone, he then ran toward the nurse’s station.

"Where did the patient from ward four, Inomata Naoki, go? Why isn’t he in his room, have you seen him?" At the nurse’s station, Chen Yu asked anxiously.

"Ah! Doctor Chen!" The duty nurse at the station naturally recognized Chen Yu and quickly greeted him. She answered his question promptly, "Inomata-san? He has been transferred to a VIP ward, it was the idea of Director Yamamoto of the Department of Internal Medicine... Ah! Director Yamamoto of the Department of Internal Medicine!"

The nurse was still responding to Chen Yu’s question, but upon mentioning Director Yamamoto Hisae, she was quite surprised to see that Director Yamamoto was standing right behind Chen Yu.

"Director Yamamoto, what is the meaning of this?" Chen Yu asked, looking at Yamamoto Hisae, his eyes showing a trace of dissatisfaction.

Though Inomata Naoki being moved to a VIP ward was a good thing, Yamamoto Hisae’s failure to inform him of her actions made him feel that this woman definitely intended to use Inomata Naoki for something, and this made him very angry.

Yamamoto Hisae certainly sensed Chen Yu’s discontent, but in her view, Chen Yu was merely a very talented doctor, and aside from his talent and pride, he had nothing else, so she didn’t mind his dissatisfaction. She replied calmly, "Doctor Chen, your research is about to be a major medical breakthrough that will change the world. How can Inomata-san stay in a regular ward as an important case?

What if there’s a patient cross-infection? It’s more secure to have dedicated care in a VIP ward."

Yamamoto Hisae’s words, coupled with the arrogance she inadvertently exuded, made Chen Yu narrow his eyes.