21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 738 - 734 Mind in Chaos (Please Subscribe, Request Monthly Tickets)

738: Chapter 734: Mind in Chaos (Please Subscribe, Request Monthly Tickets)

738: Chapter 734: Mind in Chaos (Please Subscribe, Request Monthly Tickets)

The table originally meant for six was now seating eight people; it was a bit crowded, but they all fit.

However, this also resulted in Minami sitting very close to Inomata Naoki.

Being so near to Inomata Naoki, Minami’s heart grew even more chaotic, to the point where she scarcely dared to look up at him again.

She couldn’t explain why she felt this way.

She had firmly resolved to avoid any entanglement with him after receiving a warning from Chen Yu, but ever since she had encountered him at the Tokyo Skytree, her heart hadn’t been at peace.

Now it felt like her emotions were a series of water buckets in a well—constantly going up and down.

Nevertheless, Minami dared not show any signs of her feelings, even going so far as to pretend nothing was amiss because Naoki had just mentioned that he and Tokairin Yuko were now in a relationship.

If Minami displayed any improper emotions, it would mean interfering with their romance.

Minami certainly didn’t wish for that to happen, even though it felt as if something of hers had been taken away.

Were she and him truly destined to be together?

Minami harbored doubts about this.

Even though Chen Yu had told her that she and Naoki were meant to have a marital connection, seeing Naoki now cozy with Tokairin Yuko made her feel uncertain.

At the moment, she really wanted to ask Chen Yu if there truly was a marital bond between her and Naoki because if there was, why had nothing happened between them, while he had already found a girlfriend?

While Minami harbored such thoughts, the other people around the dinner table were engaged in lively discussions about each of their interesting topics, except for Minami, who seemed rather downcast and didn’t join the conversation.

Her downcast demeanor made Misumi Mikoto somewhat concerned, and she asked softly, “Does the food not suit your taste?

I haven’t seen you eat much, Miss Minami, nor have you talked much either.”

“Not at all, I just don’t know what to say.

I can’t really join in on the topics you all are discussing,” Minami hastily shook her head and replied while picking up a crab leg and putting it into the hot pot as she explained to Misumi Mikoto.

Although Minami said this, Misumi Mikoto could still tell that she was preoccupied with something.

In light of this, Misumi Mikoto chose not to say much more, even if she understood what was on Minami’s mind; she kept her thoughts to herself.

Following the plan Chen Yu had given her beforehand, today her only task was to ensure Minami met Naoki; she needn’t intervene in anything else.

Misumi Mikoto naturally refrained from doing anything more, as she knew how important this matter was to Chen Yu.

If her interference caused things to deviate from Chen Yu’s plan, the guilt would be too great to atone for even with a hundred deaths.

Fortunately, after she expressed concern for Minami, Minami began to appear more normal on the surface.

While eagerly eating, she occasionally joined in the conversations of the others.

Before Minami’s death, she had hoped to pass the medical school entrance exams.

Later, when her mother used her body, it was to apply for medical school, so Minami could keep up with the conversations at the table where six out of eight people were doctors.

“Speaking of Brother Yu, it really is amazing that someone in their thirties has become a professor at a big university hospital like Eastern University Affiliated Hospital.

It’s something unimaginable for the average person,” Inomata Naoki couldn’t help but feel impressed with Chen Yu.

Hearing Inomata Naoki’s sentiments, Kohinata Kaori teased him, “It’s only because you returned to Kumamoto to raise horses, Naoki.

If you had stayed in Tokyo, with the qualifications you gained with Senior Brother Chen in developing a broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug, you could have gotten at least an associate professor title by now.”

“Back then, I had terminal esophageal cancer and was hanging on to life thanks to Brother Yu’s medicine.

How could I think about anything else?

And no hospital would hire a doctor with late-stage cancer, would they?” Inomata Naoki knew all too well that if he had stayed in Tokyo, he might have basked in Chen Yu’s success by now.

But thinking back to his ghostly appearance back then, he gave up on that idea.

Nevertheless, the conversation between Inomata Naoki and Kohinata Kaori piqued the curiosity of everyone else.

Unable to resist, Minami asked Kohinata, “Doctor Kaori, are you saying that the broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug developed by Doctor Chen Yu was researched together with Mr.

Inomata?

Then why…”

Minami did not finish her sentence, but Kohinata Kaori understood her meaning and answered with a smile, “The broad-spectrum anti-cancer drug was a topic proposed by Senior Brother Chen when he was still doing his Ph.D.

at the University of Tokyo.

At that time, no one in the school had faith in the subject, only Professor Kube helped him attach the topic under his own projects, and Naoki assisted him in the research.

I was only skilled enough to be their assistant at that time.”

“However, later on, Naoki was found to have esophageal cancer and he secretly took the prototype medicine Brother Chen was using for animal experiments and used it on himself.

Brother Chen was very angry about this, and because of it, Naoki went back to Kumamoto after graduating.”

“So that’s how it was…” After hearing Kohinata Kaori’s explanation, Minami realized she had asked something insensitive, so she turned to Inomata Naoki and apologized.

However, Inomata Naoki didn’t seem to mind, just waving his hand and saying, “Back then, I was the one who wronged Brother Yu.

I took his experimental medicine without telling him and used it on myself.

If it weren’t for Professor Kube’s help in settling the matter, it’s very possible Brother Yu might not have graduated.

After graduation, I was too ashamed to face him and had to hide away in Kumamoto.

It wasn’t until my condition deteriorated that Brother Yu cured me.

That’s why I am always grateful and have great respect for Brother Yu.

My life is owed to him.”

The words of Inomata Naoki silenced everyone at the table for a while.

After all, the experience of coming back from the verge of death due to late-stage cancer left everyone feeling somewhat shaken, not knowing how to comment on the matter.

Anyone in a situation where there was even a slim chance to live would instinctively grab at that chance, rather than wait to die idly.

Naoki’s actions were not blameable, and equally, it was natural for Chen Yu to feel discontent and harbor resentment towards him.

But the fact that Chen Yu chose to save Naoki’s life without bearing a grudge, earned him everyone’s admiration.

After all, it’s not everyone who could forgive someone who almost caused them to fail their graduation.

“Professor Chen Yu indeed is a doctor of great benevolence and skill.

He truly is remarkable.” Even setting aside Chen Yu’s identity as a Transcendent, he deserves the praise of being a good doctor.

Qingdai, reflecting on his usual demeanor towards patients and his exquisite medical skills, couldn’t help but express her admiration.